ABB's Bunker-Saving Turbochargers Featured on "Largest" Chinese-Built Box Ship

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday June 29, 2017

ABB today announced that bunker-saving ABB turbochargers are powering the main engines and auxiliary engines a 20,000 TEU vessel named COSCO Shipping Taurus - said to be the "largest container ship ever built in China."

"We very much appreciate the strength and duration of our relationship and cooperation with COSCO Shipping Lines Co. Ltd over the years," said Oliver Riemenschneider, Managing Director, ABB Turbocharging.

"ABB turbochargers have for a long-time been operated onboard its fleets, also the maintenance of more than 300 of these units is managed under ABB service agreements."

Ten more vessels being build for COSCO Shipping Lines are also slated to receive the same ABB turbocharger configuration.

"To meet the need for optimising fuel costs across fleets in the container shipping market, these turbochargers increase efficiency and operational flexibility, as well as enabling operators to comply with IMO Tier II emissions regulations with lowest fuel consumptions," said ABB.

COSCO Shipping Taurus, which was launched this month, is set to operate on routes from Asia to Europe.

In May, ABB announced that it had opened two-stage turbocharging to a wider market with a new frame size for the Power2 800-M solution, a development ABB said would enable more vessels to benefit from the high efficiency and fuel savings.